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Acts 27:14

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27:14 Not long after this, a hurricane-force 1  wind called the northeaster 2  blew down from the island. 3 
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[27:14]  1 tn Grk “a wind like a typhoon.” That is, a very violent wind like a typhoon or hurricane (BDAG 1021 s.v. τυφωνικός).

[27:14]  2 sn Or called Euraquilo (the actual name of the wind, a sailor’s term which was a combination of Greek and Latin). According to Strabo (Geography 1.2.21), this was a violent northern wind.

[27:14]  3 tn Grk “from it”; the referent (the island) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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